What Emily Atkin thinks about economists
Climate journalist; founded HEATED in 2019 after reporting on climate at The New Republic and ThinkProgress.
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Their wordsAnd I think there’s a good reason to question the whole premise that climate change doesn’t swing votes. Economist Matt Burgess studied the 2020 presidential election and estimated that if climate change hadn’t been an issue, Republicans might have gained a roughly three-point swing in the popular vote.